Actuate BIRT Receives ''Ready for IBM Rational Software'' Validation.SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , Calif. -- Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ACTU ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri) ACTU Association of Catholic Trade Unionists ACTU Australian Capital Territory Union ), the world leader in Enterprise Reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. Applications and an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Business Partner, today announced that Actuate BIRT(TM) (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) has received IBM's "Ready For IBM Rational Software" validation. Actuate BIRT extends the IBM Rational Software Development Platform to include Eclipse top-level project based reporting and analytical capabilities. This provides developers using IBM Rational Software Architect IBM Rational Software Architect, (RSA) made by IBM's Rational Software division, is a comprehensive modeling and development environment that leverages the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for creating architected C++ and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications and web , IBM Rational Application Developer This article is about the IBM Rational IDE, formerly IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD). For the gaming keyboard configuration, see WASD IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software and IBM Rational Web Developer with an open source driven option for their Business Intelligence needs. "Ready for IBM Rational Software" is the offering through which IBM business partner products are validated for integration with the IBM Rational Software Development Platform. The Eclipse-based IBM Rational Software Development Platform is the most complete, open, modular, proven and integrated cross-platform solution for enabling organizations to develop innovative software that sets them apart from their competitors. "Actuate BIRT allows Java developers to easily integrate Business Intelligence and reporting capabilities into enterprise Java applications and commercial products," said Pete Cittadini, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of Actuate Corporation. "The 'Ready for IBM Rational Software' validation means that Actuate BIRT has met the standards for a solution that is well integrated with the IBM Rational Software Development Platform. The validation is a signal to developers that they will be able to speedily embed reporting and analytical capabilities into applications." "The integration of Actuate BIRT provides customers with an open source-based option for reporting," said Claudia Dent, vice president of product management, IBM Rational. "We are pleased that Actuate has joined the group of partners who are extending the IBM Rational Software Development Platform with solutions that provide additional choices for our customers." Features of Actuate BIRT Actuate BIRT delivers functionality that is identical to the Eclipse BIRT project The Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Project is an open source software project that provides reporting and business intelligence capabilities for rich client and web applications, especially those based on Java and J2EE. , its Open Source Eclipse Public License The Eclipse Public License (EPL) is an open source software license used by the Eclipse Foundation for its software. It replaces the Common Public License (CPL) and removes certain terms relating to patent litigation. (EPL 1. EPL - Early PL/I. 2. EPL - Experimental Programming Language. 3. EPL - Eden Programming Language. U Washington. Based on Concurrent Euclid and used with the Eden distributed OS. Influenced Emerald and Distributed Smalltalk. ) equivalent, except for the addition of a one-button install, and Actuate-backed licensing, maintenance, professional services and support. Actuate BIRT includes reporting and charting offerings that are immediately available on an annual subscription pricing basis starting at $95 per user. Actuate announced the general availability of Actuate BIRT on June 6th, 2005 (see press release titled "Actuate BIRT Launched"). About Actuate Corporation Actuate Corporation is the world leader in Enterprise Reporting Applications that ensure 100% adoption by users. Actuate's Enterprise Reporting Application Platform is the foundation on which Global 9000 organizations (companies with annual revenues greater than $1 billion) and packaged application software vendors develop intuitive, Web portal-like reporting and analytic applications that empower 100% of users with decision-making information. These applications are deployed inside and outside the firewall to improve corporate performance across a range of business functions including financial management, sales, human resource management, and customer self-service. When tested against other Business Intelligence products, Actuate's Enterprise Reporting Application Platform has been proven to offer industry-leading scalability and the lowest Total Cost of Ownership. Actuate has over 3,000 customers globally in a range of industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, insurance, and distribution services, as well as the government sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif., and has offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ACTU. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's Web site at www.actuate.com. Copyright(C) 2005 Actuate Corporation. All rights reserved. Actuate and the Actuate logo are registered trademarks of Actuate Corporation and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other brands, names or trademarks mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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